Sony claims SOE and PSN hacks were the work of Anonymous

[thewayne]

Yeah. Apparently the intruders left behind a file named Anonymous containing the phrase "We are legion.", the Anonymous calling card phrase.

It's so utterly inconceivable that a group of criminals wouldn't leave behind a red herring to distract management that is incapable of rational thought. [/sarcasm]

It isn't remotely like previous operations/pranks/hacks done by Anonymous, they've never done a hack just for money as far as I know, and they've always been quite public about what they do which is part of their signature. Nope, gotta look a little further afield, Sony.

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/05/sony-playstation-network-anonymous/

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/04/sony-idUSN0422224820110504

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/05/04/1749215/Sony-Officially-Blames-Anonymous-For-PSN-Hack


In other news, Sony had been informed that they were running older software versions with known vulnerabilities.

http://consumerist.com/2011/05/security-expert-sony-knew-its-software-was-obsolete-months-before-psn-breach.html

Comments

[silveradept]

Because this totally fits the pattern of an Anonymous attack, to have credit card data and other financial information stolen and not then posted somewhere, and without a big statement about the malfeasance of the company. Yeah, Sony, why not investigate instead of scapegoat?